Resilient wheel.



I. P. BEIVI.

REsxLlENT WHEL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I8. |9164 I I 3 Patented IW. 23n 19m FORMIA.

FQESLIENT W' specification of ietters Eatent.

Patented Apr.. 23, 1218.,

Application filed Gct'ober 1S, 1916. Serial No. 126,421.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JosnPi-i l). BEM, a citizen oit the United States, residing at Berkeley, in tl e county of Alameda and State oi California, have invented new and useful improvements in Resilient Wheels, o which the following is a speciiication.

rllhe object of the present invention is to provide a resilient wheel which can be substituted with advantage for the wheels equipped with pneumatic tires at present in use and thereby avoid the dangers and expense incident to the use oi' such tires.

ln the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a broken side view of the wheel; Fig. 2 is a diametral section thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on the line 3-3 ot Fig. 1, F -t is a plan 'View oit' one oi the housings for the outer ends oit the spokes.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a wheel axle having a collar 2 and a cylindri cal spindle 3. @n said spindle and abutting' against said collar 2 a disk hbutting against said disk is a hub 6, and abutting against said hub is a disk 7, having a central recess to receive a nut 8 screwed upon the outer end of the spindle. @aid hub 6 is formed in each end with a circular series of recesses 9, opening through the periphery of the disk and also opening through the adjacent end oi the disk, the recesses in the two ends of the disk being separated by a web 11. Each recess extends in a radial direction, and is of a uniform width for the greater portion oi its length, but is enlarged and rounded at the inner end, as shown at 12. Fitting tightly in said recesses are the inner portions of spring spokes 13, said inner portions being of uniform width and thickness except at the ex treme inner ends, which are enlarged and rounded to completely ill the rounded ends of the recesses. After the inner terminal portions of the spring spokes are inserted in said recesses they are secured therein by means of said disks 4land 7, which are se* cured together by means of bolts 14 passing from end to end oi the hub through the portions thereof between said recesses. The recesses in one end of the hub register with those in the other end, so that the inner portions of the spring spokes, extending from the two ends of the hub also register with each other, in pairs, but immediately after leaif'ing said hub the spring spokes ci' each pair diverge and then extend in con- Vcave curves, the extreme outer ends oi the spokes extending at an angle oi 120O with each other through open-ended slots 15 in a cylindrical housing 16 having a base 17, secured by means olf screws 18, best shown in llig. 3, to a spoke rim 19, the ends olf which can be contracted or extended by means of a turn buckle 20 shown in Fig. l. By the above construction or' spring spoke it will be seen that the greatest resiliency possible is obtained with a comparatively straight forni ot spoke.

rlhe spoke riin 19 is contained Within a channel-shaped tire rim 21, to which is riveted, as shown at 22, an auxiliary tire rim 23, the central portion 2st oi which is concavo-convex in cross section, so as to form with said auxiliary rim 23 a chamber 25. Said auxiliary rim is provided with side flanges 26 to hold therebetween a solid rubber tire 27, and the outer surface or' the concave-convex portion ot the auxiliary rim is indented, a shown at 28, to form a good gripping surface to hold the tire 27 against slipping'. lilith this construction there is effected a considerable saving of rubber, and, since the outer coges oit the rim are supported by the rubber, niuch vibration in the center oft the rim is avoided.

The outer end 31 oi each spoke is a hollow cylinder in iforni and is contained within the correslonding terminal portion of the housing, a Washer 32 being interposed between the cylindrical outer ends of the two spokes or a. pair to maintain them spaced from each other. After said outer ends have thus been secured in the housing, molten rubber 33 is then poured into said housing' to till up the interstices therein, and a bolt 34e is passed through said outer ends and washer and secured by a nut 85, said nut and the head of the bolt being suliiciently wide to entirely cover the spaces between the housing and the outer ends of the spokes, so that dust is completely excluded from entrance to the housing.

By the above described modes oi attaching both the inner and outer ends of the spring spokes any one of the spokes can be removed without disturbing the others.

Each spoke tapers outwardly in width, as shown in Fig. 2, and in thickness, as shown in Fig. l, and, the most ouwsidly cuived in position iii said housing', said nut :uid llie part of the concave poitioii of the spoke lieaid of lie bolt lowing liv-iges closing` the the limer edge of each spoke, of tlizi. which e i tlie c yluidi. 'zul portions oli is nearest io die next adjacent sgole eX- soft i'ulilvol tending; from 'the otliei eiid of die liula, is iii ssi formed With sii iiiwaid Xterisioii @n 3. ieii Wheel? in combination siaigliteiiiiig ous the spokes, liese with rim, cylindrical housings sions ioii suoli adjacei@ o'w approach limi; o smic rim :i boltpnsreacli oliei, am. eif'cutually 'u i fil-"1 each iiig ich housing, spring other, so that sail exi-eu spol "l hul; iii p'iiiis, ille limiting the extent o wlii'cli. pol; "fog secured iu oppobe moved iii ai direction lio sie o i e ends ol' lille i out from lieir coiicm'e form. diioufgjli sVL slol's observed tlia'l; tlio 'spokes elfos," es. iu. o o luf :uid loi'mialmost iii a iadial l 'i sui'i'ouudiug die bolt nud .wel portions said bolt in saut :uid the of coiisidoifilole resiliencj,T su

Y Tiosod be spola on in. liezsd of lie l) silice ociu'eei spokes and T in quired. These exi-,ei^ desirable for use i Cars die Xteiisioiis i l claim l. lli a resilieii with a liuo :md s iim, cyl l having losses secui'ed io iu comliiuixtii'm spi-ingr spokes ui'- los of @zich pciii' luwoiil'aimd iu i'zidzrllj )oosilie ends oli tho passing coiitislly Lliioug'gli housing, from :md

the spokes of each pail' ui* Jd in c oui/ei* ends of spokes lo opposite ends of the liub, l le ends i die u'liee, *die most ouimidly of the spokes o each pai? passing liougli Y Uoy'ioiis o' smid spokes limiiig pso slots iii opposite ends of ille 'housing sul u, each towzii'd Jalle adjacent spoke terminating iii cyliiidi'ical rounding said bo t,` a, nut secu iii posiioii in said housing, said head of Elie boli; novios lia gcs vi one :mol/ici io ling ou@ oi: said spoles.

it :i lient wheelE in couiliinuliou space between le cyliiidiicaj. limb und s rim, spring; spokes :wche spokes and die Lousing. ii..A oii's, die spokes olf @noli goil: 2. lil 'a iesilicii': uni-eel, ii ,iilioi ends coiil'muod iu oui'- with :i hub :uid L rim, cylind Y "s in opposite ends having bases secured to sai luf)5 :md then iii-st diiei'giug from, passing centi-zi ly through 1 en mmf-erging lio, ezicli olioi, :L pivot spi'ing spokes secured ii said hub cui-ing ille miler ends of (Zlio Jhe spokes of eu l1 only oeil ,4 Y, Y- 1 uc i l :iiiliieieoi, :i housing; iuposite ends of JElie liub7 the oi- ,aul solly ruliliof contained the spokes of escli mii gas :j for excluding dust :md :1lislots in opposie ends of the lio n. fu said spokes.

JOSEPH l). B'Elil.

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Washington, E. GJ

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